Andrea Zanzotto was born in Pieve di Soligo (in 1921), where he currently resides. He is the author of more than twenty-five books of poetry and prose, including IX Ecloghe (Mondadori, 1962), La Belt (Mondadori, 1968) and, more recently, Sovrimpressioni (Mondadori, 2001). He has received several major literary prizes, including the Viareggio (1979), the Librex-Montale (1983), and the Feltrinelli (1987). His work in English translation includes The Selected Poetry of Andrea Zanzotto (Princeton University Press, 1975), Peasants Wake for Fellini’s Casanova and Other Poems (University of Illinois Press, 1997) and The Selected Poetry and Prose of Andrea Zanzotto: A Bilingual Edition (University of Chicago Press, 2007).

Wayne Chambliss is a poet and a translator. His work has recently appeared in Words Without Borders, Fence, jubilat, Octopus, Fascicle, Drunken Boat, and other literary journals. He has a chapbook, The Traveling Salesman Problem (The Caitlins, 2006). His translations have been included in New European Poets (Greywolf Press, 2008) and The Disappearing Pheasant: An Anthology of Italian Poetry 1950-2000 (Agincourt, 2009). Wayne lives in Portland, OR.